Mississippi law allows nothing but rubber to touch the road, and names no exception for studs. Chains are the one traction device the statute permits.
No tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, or spike or any other protuberances of any material other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire.
Miss. Code Ann. 63-7-67, tire equipment, read September 22, 2026. Read it at the source
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Chains and traction
Mississippi’s chain law
Tire chains of reasonable size are allowed when snow or ice makes them necessary for safety.
However, it shall be permissible to use tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety because of snow, ice, or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid.
Chains on a truck tire, photographed by the Oregon Department of Transportation. Chain rules sit in their own sections of each state code, apart from the studded tire window. “Truck chains (5123859267)”, Oregon Department of Transportation, CC BY 2.0
Mississippi law bars studded tires. Mississippi law allows nothing but rubber to touch the road, and names no exception for studs. Chains are the one traction device the statute permits. Miss. Code Ann. 63-7-67 reads: "No tire on a vehicle moved on a highway shall have on its periphery any block, stud, flange, cleat, or spike or any other protuberances of any material other than rubber which projects beyond the tread of the traction surface of the tire."
Mississippi sets no studded tire season.
Tire chains of reasonable size are allowed when snow or ice makes them necessary for safety. The statute reads: "However, it shall be permissible to use tire chains of reasonable proportions upon any vehicle when required for safety because of snow, ice, or other conditions tending to cause a vehicle to skid."
Louisiana, barred; Arkansas, November 15 through April 15; Tennessee, October 1 through April 15. Each state's page quotes its own statute.
Montana: October 1 through May 31, 243 days. The national page lists every state's window.
Compiled September 22, 2026 from Miss. Code Ann. 63-7-67, tire equipment and the other sources linked beside each quote. Statutes change between winters, and a transportation department can extend a window where its statute allows, so the linked source is the one to check before a trip. Every state is in the studded tire laws by state table.
